Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1917 — THE BEST DAIRY FEED [ARTICLE]

THE BEST DAIRY FEED

Made From Grain From Which the Human Food Values Have Been Taken. By Prof. F. D. Fuller. [National Crop Improvement Service.) The reason why yhe best dairy feeds ar,e less expensive than the same • grains on the farm is because the ' principal elements of human food are’ taken from, these grains before they are niade into fe'ed. The byproducts of cereal mills, glucose factories, malt houses, etc., constitute “Often more than; 50 per cent of the total bulk of mixed dairy feeds of the i better class. These oats, barley and corn byproducts are considered by experts in animal nutrition as very valuable feed materials. After these cereals are ground in the manufacture of alcohol, for which the use is growing more important daily in the arts, the solid residue is dried in vacuo, and is then known as “dried grains.” If made from corp, these grains contain on an average of about 30 per cent crude pro.tein and 10 per cent.C£ude fat. If made from rye, while valuable, they are of somewhat lower feed value. The barley residue contains over 70 per cent more crude protein than wheat bran and twice as much crude fat. In fact, their food value is largely increased by the process. All these products are widely used by the best dairy feeders and are relied upon very extensively in milk production. There is no doubt of the fact that if the supply of these products were radietflly limited or entirely exhausted, it would have a serious effect upon the milk • production throughout the country and the dairymen would have one more burden added to their already overtaxed strength. * / Cottonseed meal is composed principally of the kernel, with such portion of ■the hull as is necessary in the manufacture of oil. Cottonseed meal, if choice, must contain at least 41 per cent crude protein. It is one of the richest of all feeds in this substance and carries about 8 per cent crude fat,. On account of its extreme concentration it can -be fed only in limited quantities and always in eon* junction with some products to furnish bulk. This meal is an important ingredient in many manufactured feeds.